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What is a perceived crime?

a) extreme crime
b) crime that actually is going on
c) crime that will happen
d) fear of crime
e) belief of a crime

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d) fear of crime

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Facts someone is actually guilty, they committed the crime

a) legal guilt
b) real guilt
c) factual guilt
d) due process
e) reasonable doubt

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c) factual guilt

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Discretion is one of the 13 characteristics of the CJ System what does it mean?

a) use of judgement or discretion in making decisions
b) patterns on which people get let go
c) fairness, equal opportunities
d) establishes guilt or innocence
e) patterns on when crime happens

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a) use of judgement or discretion in making decisions

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Resource Dependence is one of the 13 characteristics what does it mean

a) the index rate of crimes
b) the amount of criminals involved
c) the money and funding the department has
d) patterns in money laundering
e) the amount of area they have to patrol

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c) the money and funding (taxes)

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One of the 13 characteristics
Patterns on which people get let go

a) filtering
b) discretion
c) due process
d) exchange relationships
e) sequential tools

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d) exchange relationships

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which is true about exchange relationships

a) police control the courts by bringing people in
b) the courts control the police by deciding who goes free
c) the police affect corrections by bringing people in

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b) the courts control the police by deciding who goes free

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Index Crimes are

a) crimes that happen every day
b) crimes that we don’t spend fighting
c) crimes that we hear more about
d) crimes that don’t happen
e) the crimes that happen the most

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c) the crimes we hear more about on the news

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The steps of the criminal justice system are

a) sequential tools
b) resource dependence
c) filtering
d) standards of proof
e) typologies

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a) sequential tools

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Efforts to controlling crime in a democracy must take into account what

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Factual Guilt 
Legal Guilt
Race, religion, beliefs  
Real Crimes 
Precieved Crimes
Liberal beliefs 
Conservative Beliefs
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Investigations in the criminal justice system (13 steps)

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can be long or short

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(step 3) Booking (13 steps) in the criminal justice system are

a) administrative record of the arrest
b) the probable cause of the warrant
c) the process of finding the subject in question
d) the crime that was committed

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a) the administrative record of the arrest

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The standards of probable cause fall under which of the 13 steps

a) booking
b) charging
c) initial appearance
d) arraignment
e) arrest

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e) arrest (step 2)

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(13 steps )Preliminary Hearing is (step 6)

a) a group of your peers look at the facts and evidence to
to support the charges
b) a judge makes a decision on if you are innocent or
guilty
c) a judge looks at the facts and evidence to support
the charges
d) appearing in court within 48 hours of an arrest without a
warrant

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c) a judge looks at the facts and evidence to support the

charges

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(13 steps) A Grand Jury is (step 6)

a) a group of your peers look at the facts and evidence to
to support the charges
b) a group of your peers makes a decision on if you are innocent or guilty
c) a judge looks at the facts and evidence to support
the charges
d) appearing in court within 48 hours of an arrest without a
warrant

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a) a group of your peers look at the facts and evidence to
to support the charges

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What are the 3 goals of the criminal justice system?

a) Justice, Crime Control, Crime Prevention Preference
b) Police, Courts, Corrections
c) Justice, Courts, Crime Control
d) Crime Prevention Preference, Justice, Police
e) Policies, Crime Control, Justice

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a) Justice, Crime Control, Crime Prevention Preference

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What is Initial Appearance (step 5)

a) appearing in court within 90 hours of an arrest without a
warrant
b) appearing in court within 24 hours of an arrest without
a warrant
c) appearing in court within 48 hours of an arrest without a
warrant
d) appearing in court within 72 hours of an arrest without a
warrant

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c) appearing in court within 48 hours of an arrest without a warrant

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Making decisions based on if there is enough evidence

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Charging

step 4

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sometimes when people get released from jail/prison they go back to a life of crime
they may end up going through the same process again

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Release

step 13

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keep if from happening in the first place

the threat of consequences

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(goal of the criminal justice system)

Crime Prevention Preference

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What is the step after the trial (step 9) in the 13 steps

a) Corrections
b) Arrignment
c) Indictment
d) Trial
e) Sentencing

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e) sentencing (step 10)

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Fairness
Equal Opportunities
Rules

Acknowledging situations

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Justice

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Under Arraignment (step 8) what does guilty mean

a) straight to sentencing
b) not accepting or denying (guilty/ helps in civil court)
c) mute trial date set

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a) straight to sentencing

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Under Arraignment (step 8) what does mute mean

a) guilty
b) not guilty

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b) not guilty

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When can pleading no contest help you (step 8)

a) in criminal court
b) in sentencing
c) in trial
d) in the appeal process
e) in civil court

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E) in civil court

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Decides what you are being charged with | indicted on charges
(step 7) | Information or Indictment
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What 2 types of trials can you have (step 9)
Bench Trial- Judge | Jury Trial- Peers
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Exists to manage the crime that is going on
Crime Control | goals
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Step 12
Corrections
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Retrial
Appeal | step 11
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What is a misdemeanor (Wedding cake) a) most don't go to trial, not long term term no longer than 1 year b) most go to trial get more than 1 year c) get covered by the news
a) most don't go to trial | not long terms no longer than a year
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most don't go to trial, some go to prison but not for long, most go out on probation
Less serious felonies
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can appeals get you harsher sentences
yes
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Murders, Serial Killers, get covered by the news what type of case is this OJ Simpson
Celebrated Cases
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Crimes Committed against a person theft robbery
Personal crimes
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Universially recognized world wide as evil crimes | evil crimes
ma lain se
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Crime Classifacation system
Typologies
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Vandalism Taking property Bugurlary
Property Crimes
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What are the 2 common typologies
Personal Crime and Property Crime
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What crime are we most likely to be a victim on
ID Theft
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prison serious long stays
Felanoy
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``` Jail short stays not serious/quick cases pleas majority not in jail all will get out ```
Misdemeanor
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illegal because the law says it is prohibited
Mala Prohibida
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Planned social frame work which crimes are committed context illegal goods and services
Organized crime
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goes through all 13 steps | 42% aquital rate
Serious Felonies
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What is the fastest growing crime
Cyber crime
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Copied when we came over from England | English Tradition
English Common Law
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Race, gender, sexuality motivated | More punishment
Hate Crimes (typologies)
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Crime happening in a legal job more money is lost with this crime non violent crime
Occupational Crime
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legislatures passing laws laws are always changing a lot of laws
Statutes
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Society is most hurt by this type of crime
Victimless crime
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Regulations EPA Littering
Administrative Regulations
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Politically Motivated Political Ideology Motive
Political Crime
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U.S. Constitution State Constitutions Procedural Law
Constitutions
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most visible type of crime | happens on the street because of this cops are able to see it happening and catch it
Street Crime
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Judges rule on cases | decisions made with precedence
Case Law
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Law with other countries
Treaties
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Criminal activity with a computer and its tech how the crime is being committed fastest growing crime
Cyber Crime
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What do Expostfacto crimes do a) happen at present time b) reach back into time c) go into the future d) do nothing
b ) reach back into time
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Does the constitution allow expostfacto
No
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Stand by that which has been decided
State Decisis
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Any count of crime produced by a govt agency during a normal period of business uniform crime report is the most well known done by the FBI since 1930
Official Statistics
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What is the problem with official statistics
They are only crimes that have been reported | numbers might be altered
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National Crime Victiminazation Survey n= 40,000 households asked about non serious crimes they were a victim of
Victimization Surveys
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What is the problem with victimization surveys
peoples perception of crime | honesty of the person
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``` done by criminologists research peers family drug use education who are affected young males minorities urban/ lower classes crime is committed by everyone ```
Self Report Surveys
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Problem with self report surveys
People snitching on themselves feel survey not confidential how honest the person is
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Unreported Crimes rape assaults
Dark Figure Crimes
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What are the most common dark figure crimes reported
Murder | Grand Theft Auto
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Problem with dark figure crimes
only half of these crimes are actually being reported to the police
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before you commit a crime there has to be a law | law before crime
Expostfacto Laws
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Inorder to charge someone with a crime there has to be an act
Actus Reus
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initiate offenses conspiracy potential for harm
Harm
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Their act that produced the crime involves actus reus and harm
Causation
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Intentionally Recklessness Knowingly Neglect
Mens Rea
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Plan | scheme
Intentionally
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``` Strict liability crimes doesn't require mens Rea have to prove intent liability no extreme offenses ```
Recklessness
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knowing the act you are committing | knowing the consequences
Knowingly
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Failure to exercise care and caution less careful
Neglect
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What are you attacking under the legal defenses of mens Rea
The attack requirement
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stand your ground law commit a crime for your protection protecting third parties
Self Defense
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name of the Stand your ground law
Cassol Law
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Govt intices you to commit a crime
Entrapment
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have a need to commit a crime
Necessity
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forced to commit a crime
duress
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crime was a genuine mistake
mistake
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child age children under 7 cannot be charged with a crime
immaturity
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rarely used | rarely successful
insanity
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Invonalitary intoxicaton
Intoxication
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Earliest form on Insanity | doesn't know difference from right or wrong
M naughth Rule
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know its wrong but can't control yourself
Irristiable Impulse
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suffering diagnosed illness | not guilty by reason of insanity
Durham Rule
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links 2 and 5 | intent at the moment of the crime
Concurrence
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sentence is made | what can happen to you
Punishment
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Protects us from the govt | been here a long time
Bill of Rights
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stated that the bill of rights only applies to the federal system
Barron Vs Baltimore
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process where the bill of rights is applies to the state constitutions
incorporation
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protects us from unlawful or illegal seizures
4th admendemt
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if violated the evidence obtained is not allowed to be used in court
Exclusionary Rule
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what case gave us the exclusionary rule
weeks vs the us
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Double Jeopardy | cannot be charged for the same crime twice
5th ademendment
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self incrimminization
5th ademendment
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Right to counsel | right to an attorney
6th ademendment
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Protection from excessive bail fees | protection from cruel and unusual punishment
8th ademendment
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once the crimes are reported and done the cops interview
incident driven policing
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New York first pd formed politicians were corrupt cops corrupt no job security
political era
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businesses wanted protection more professional civil service program
professional era
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efforts to improve community relations with the police
community era
108
what is the organization of police
Federal, state, local
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``` dress demeanor how you treat them seriousness race age SES record community norms preference ```
Police discretion
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what is most police discretion used with
order matnience
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peace keeping
order maitnence
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FIGHTING CRIME
law enforcement
113
cops spend more time doing this vacation checks funeral escorts dare
service
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mataining order medium size city people are similar
Watch Men (order maitnence)
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larger cities mix of people fight crime
legalistic
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SMALL RURAL MOSTLY SERVICE
SERVICE
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incident driven police work
reactive policing
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responded to causes trying to prevent crime prevention
proactive policing

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